How To Live Chords
How To Live by Band of Horses is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, G2, D, G4, F, Em, Cm and Cm4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO:
(like this:)
e:-3~~~3---3-----3---3----3-3-|-3~~-|
b:-3~~~3---3-----3---3----3-3-|-3~~-|
G:-0~~~2p0-2p0---2p0-2p0--0-0-|-0~~-|
D:-0~~~~------------------0-0-|-0~~-|
A:-2~~~~------------------2-2-|-2~~-|
E:-3~~~~------------------3-3-|-3~~-|
VERSE:
G C
When Im giving advice to others
G G G2
I take more than I can give
D
This birds eye view
C D G G4 G G4 G
Of what I want you to do learn how to live
G C
And I really dont have to suffer
G G G2
I still do it anyway
D
Im a diamond in the rough
C D G G4 G
Or Im a dirt clod in the clay
G F
Guess what? I lost my job
Em Cm Cm4
Its just my luck
G G4 G
G G4 G
G C
Reveal youve always been the actor
G G G2
With those puppy dog eyes
D
Well one of yall is telling the truth
C D G
The other one is lying
G C
Its someone elses fault so often
G G G2
Youre getting rude, youre getting tall
D
Its a great big world
C D G
your translations just a little off
G F
So what, I made a mistake
Em Cm G
to try to hiiide the tiny
F Em Cm
The tiniest lie
G
gets a little bit larger everyday
F Em Cm
It grows, til its out of control
G G G G
D C D G G C
G C
Ive been giving my advice to others
G G G2
I try to tell them how to live
D
A little lying, a bit of truth
C D
Is what Id like for you to do and how to give
G G4 G
G G4 G
G C
And I really didnt need to suffer
G G G2
Still did it anyway
D
What a great big world
C
I better find some way to stay
G G4 G
G G4 G
G F
Guess what? youre getting old
Em Cm
Still gotta grow up
G